/lit/ - Literature

>>10601075

> doesn't post birds

tapirs aren't birds.

>>>10536019

Context:

>Story takes place during a winter blizzard in a relatively large midwest city stricken by the closing of their local factory, hate crimes, and opioid abuse
>A series of suicides hit a group of friends during a power outage without an end in sight. Drawn to investigate as death picks them one by one, they find themselves confronting a supernatural being that uses nostalgia as weapon
>The monster slips into people's psyche and extracts their nostalgic memories into a physical form: a memory box which the monster then proceeds to destroy
>The memories are subsequently erased, not without leaving behind a great hole. One that cannot be filled and which leaves such a yearning for the missing that suicide is the escape

The subject is different from IT. If you want to compare it to another piece of fiction/movie, I could point towards It Follows--even though I've never watched it but heard of.

My novel revolves around the concept of identity. Identity is a tricky subject in today's changing world; it is the repository of many political issues. Though I set high objectives for my novel idea, I just want to explore how identity is shaped, how it relates to memories, and how it can stunt the individual into inaction and resentment.

The monster is just an excuse, an easy allegory to make the whole more palatable to the reader and funnier to write for me.